Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney
It was the first time a White House official has publicly acknowledged what a parade of current and former administration officials have told impeachment investigators on Capitol Hill.
“The look-back to what happened in 2016 certainly was part of the thing that he was worried about in corruption with that nation,” Mr. Mulvaney told reporters, referring to Mr. Trump. “And that is absolutely appropriate.”
He said that the aid was initially withheld because, “Everybody knows this is a corrupt place,” and the president was demanding Ukraine clean up its own government. But Mr. Trump also told Mr. Mulvaney that he was concerned about what he thought was Ukraine’s role in the 2016 campaign.
Mick Mulvaney acknowledges that Trump held up Ukraine aid partly over a conspiracy theory involving the 2016 election. “We do that all the time,” he said. “Get over it. There’s going to be political influence in foreign policy.” pic.twitter.com/NOlvTbAxL0
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 17, 2019
“To be clear, what you described is a quid pro quo” — Here’s Mick Mulvaney casually admitting that Trump held up aid to Ukraine as leverage to get the Ukrainian government to investigate the 2016 election pic.twitter.com/ylz7BKEmKd
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 17, 2019
BREAKING: Trump’s chief of staff says the president “absolutely” mentioned to him that “corruption related to the DNC server” was part of the reason “why we held up the money” pic.twitter.com/XdpBeZZtNK
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) October 17, 2019
SWALWELL says Mulvaney has “co-signed the president’s confession.” Says Trump has basically “pleaded guilty” and now it’s just a matter of determining the sentence.
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) October 17, 2019
SCHIFF responds: “Mr. Mulvaney’s acknowledgment means that things have gone from very, very bad to much, much worse.”
— Nicholas Fandos (@npfandos) October 17, 2019
Mulvaney just straight up admitted that they withheld Ukraine aid for investigations into what happened in 2016 there.
— Sam Stein (@samstein) October 17, 2019
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